She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.

Before the 2008 elections in Bavaria, the CSU perennially achieved absolute majorities at the state level by itself.

General elections were held in 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012.

Coldcut also collaborated with video mashup artist TV Sheriff and NomIg., to produce two audiovisual pieces " World of Evil " ( 2004 ) and " Revolution ' 08 " ( 2008 ), both composed of footage from the United States presidential elections of the respective years.

In the 2008 elections, the opposition Union for a Presidential Majority ( UMP ) party boycotted the election, leaving all 65 seats to the ruling RPP.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

As far as general elections, he only dipped below 55. 0 % once ( 2008 ).

President Saakashvili rejected all demands that he resign his position, but announced early presidential elections to be held in January 2008, effectively cutting his term in office by a year.

Mitchell went on to win the 2003 elections with a reduced majority of 8 of the 15 seats and served as Prime Minister for a record 13 years until his defeat in 2008.

Prior to the 2008 elections, a decision to change the electoral date and extend the parliamentary mandate resulted in major controversy when the Assembly deputies snubbed the president and chose to extend their mandate.

The 2008 and 2012 elections were both won by Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate.

However, after the elections in April 2006, the Socialist coalition under Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany unveiled a package of austerity measures which were designed to reduce the budget deficit to 3 % of GDP by 2008.

The government called early elections in September 2007 ( normally, elections would have been held in March 2008 ), and New Democracy again was the majority party in the Parliament.

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections.

Following the 2008-2011 elections of ULI's direction committee, Gonçalo Neves replaced Carnaghan as secretary of linguistic issues in February 2008.

* 2008 – Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

He was touted as a possible Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London elections in 2008, but turned down an offer from Conservative leader David Cameron.

Widely reported electoral fraud on Kibaki's side in the 2007 elections resulted in the 2007 – 2008 Kenyan crisis.

Campaigning wrapped up March 7, 2008 for general elections that could see gains for Malaysia's opposition amid anger over race and religion among minority Chinese and Indians.

Malaysians voted March 8, 2008 in parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are held at least once every five years, with the last general election being in March 2008.

In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

11 ( 2008 ) Only Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport and Gyumri's Shirak Airport are in use for commercial aviation.

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

In 2008, 22, 500 students came to Acapulco for spring break.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

* 7 markers, one for each of the hotel chains: American, Continental, Festival, Imperial, Luxor ( or Sackson in the 2008 version ), Tower, and Worldwide.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).

Since the start of the 2008 season, the Falcons have recorded four consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

In the 2008 book The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon, Smithsonian experts point out that accounts of the event appealed to Americans eager for stories about the revolution and its heroes and heroines.

* 2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U. S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.

In 2008, psychology professor Benny Shanon published a controversial hypothesis that a brew analogous to Ayahuasca was heavily connected to early Judaism, and that the effects of this brew were responsible for some of the most significant events of Moses ' life, including his vision of the burning bush.

In November 2008, the UK based think tank Demos published an influential pamphlet entitled ' It's a material world: caring for the public realm ', in which they argue for integrating the public directly into efforts to conserve material culture, particularly that which is in the public, their argument, as stated on page 16, demonstrates their belief that society can benefit from conservation as a paradigm as well as a profession: